A few songs that use food as an expression of love

Stevian Francis

8 months ago

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The use of food has always been a popular metaphoric expression of feeling in love or liking someone and often times a jovial yet reliable descriptor. We look at four local songs that incorporate these edible treats to describe affection.

Fresh vegetable -Tony Rebel

This Reggae staple sees music stalwart Tony Rebel playfully incorporate his strong affection for his queen with an equally important and intimate aspect of his ‘holistic’ lifestyle, such as his vegetarian diet.

Being of the Rastafarian movement and commitment to a meatless diet is among the key attributes of the spiritual following.

Mango – Sevana

This soulful serenade by Sevana utilises the sweetness of the delectable fruit as a descriptor of her feelings for a suitor she’s interested in. In addition to the choice of fruit to compel delightful addiction is one that many would also agree with.

My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small

This 1964 Millie Small classic describes her strong affection for her crush as that of a child-like love for sweet treats, which annotates her secret admiration and excitement being around him and forms the base of the famous chorus “My boy Lollipop, You make my heart go giddyup! You are the sweetest candy.”

“Oxtail” Extra Gravy – Charly Black

There is hardly, if any dish, that commands the level of attraction and affair by Jamaicans such as Oxtail. So it is with that level of relatable compulsion that Charly Black has humorously used it to describe how he feels about his rendevous with his mate.